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Wahing vs. Sps. Daguio

RICHARD N. WAHING, RONALD L. CALAGO AND PABLO P. MAIT, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES AMADOR DAGUIO AND ESING DAGUIO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 219755 | 2022-04-18

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
The Court of Appeals has sufficient discretion to rule upon all relevant matters of a case, including substantive issues, in pursuit of the case's "just and complete resolution[.]"[1] However, while the Court of Appeals validly considered the case's facts, its denial of the employer-employee relationship merits reversal.

As rubber tree tappers, Richard N. Wahing (Wahing), Ronald L. Calago (Calago), and Pablo P. Mait (Mait) (collectively, Wahing et al.) were placed under the operational and economic control of Amador Daguio and Esing Daguio (the Daguio Spouses), which created an...